Dibble, not surprisingly, is a fan of mayhem. He said that if Cole Hamels wants to throw at someone “that’s Cole Hamels’ deal.” And added, “I kinda dig it.” Dibble also said that he approves of the whole “welcome to the big leagues” Old Time Baseball thing of throwing at a guy simply because he’s a rookie, noting that he did the same thing to Jeff Bagwell back in the day.

He also told some story about his Reds team once meted out justice to Dennis Martinez, hitting him several times in a game. Why? Because Dennis Martinez thew at Reds players once. Which … wait, I thought there was nothing wrong with that? Maybe that was just “Dennis Martinez’s deal!” I’m so confused!

But never mind that. Dibble has been there and he’s here to tell us how it is. He said “it’s a hard game and it’s made harder when people don’t understand … ” and then he sort of trailed off into DibbleSpeak. Including another reference to Stephen Strasburg‘s innings pitched limit being “crap,” which at this point you think Dibble of all people would stay away from, but I guess not. He never got around to what, exactly, we don’t understand.

Never change, Rob Dibble. Never change.

UPDATE: Within ten minutes of the article going up, The Common Man runs a tracer on Dibble’s anecdotes and reveals him to be, shockingly, full of baloney:

He never hit Jeff Bagwell as a rookie. He never hit Jeff Bagwell at all. Looking back at the game logs on BR.com, Bagwell was hit once by the Reds (on Sept. 20, 1991), by Jose Rijo, in his rookie season, and then never again while Dibble was on the team.

Also, Dennis Martinez had 2 HBP in his career. Now, they both were against the Reds, and they were in 1988 and 1990. So…yeah…I just don’t know what to believe in anymore.

I know this is going to shock a lot of people, but Rob Dibble is full of shit. He never hit Jeff Bagwell as a rookie. He never hit Jeff Bagwell at all. Looking back at the game logs on BR.com, Bagwell was hit once by the Reds (on Sept. 20, 1991), by Jose Rijo, in his rookie season, and then never again while Dibble was on the team.

Also, Dennis Martinez had 2 HBP in his career. Now, they both were against the Reds, and they were in 1988 and 1990. So…yeah…I just don’t know what to believe in anymore.

Double Bonus: Rob Dibble hit one rookie with a pitch in his entire Major League career. It was Rey Sanchez in 1992. It’s easy to see how one could confuse him with Jeff Bagwell. Welcome to the Big Leagues, meat.

It’s a shame, I’ve had such a hard time getting worked up enough to post here on HBT without the presence of my arch nemesis. It’s like Batman without the Joker, sure I could continue to fight crime here at HBT, but without Bicepts, what’s the point?

I always feel it best to first state where I stand. Now then, I can’t stand Rob Dibble, but a lot of this “Dibble is full of crap” stuff sounds like “Spell Check”-esque attacks. (i.e. when people mock an argument because “remember” was spelled wrong). It seems to me the thrust of his comments are that he in favor of hitting batters. People have attacked that credibility because…..he did not actually hit Bagwell? So…..that means he is not in favor of hitting batters? Or that the stats shows he in fact was a nice guy?

I am sure Rob Dibble meant what he said, regardless of the proximity of his inside pitches.

I am sure Rob Dibble meant what he said, regardless of the proximity of his inside pitches.

The problem is that when someone’s argument is “that’s how it was done, in fact I did X back in the day so it’s okay to continue doing X now”, and someone proves you never did X, your justification is out the window. It’s one thing to say guys like Gibson or Drysdale used to intimidate batters by pitching inside, it’s another thing to directly call out an individual (Martinez) and say you specifically went after him when it’s not the truth.

Oh thank God! I was hoping some news, any news, would come about referencing the ORIGINAL DOUCHENOZZLE!!!! That’s right folks, Dibble is the very reason I created and maintain the annual douchenozzle lists. Nice job Rob! WOOOOOOOOO!!

3. Ryan Braun – for cheating and also for not cheating, either way we will likely never know the truth, and that is annoying.

4. Jon Heyman – CBS (for having a documented history of talking up and selling Scott Boras clients to ball clubs)

5. Nick Swisher – seriously, do I need a reason?

6. C.J. Wilson – Tweeted Napoli’s cell number as “prank” b/c Napoli said he was looking forward to hitting HRs off of him this season.

7. Matt Bush – DUI and for ruining his career

8. Joba Chamberlain – for thinking he is capable of using a trampoline with his fat toady ass
[Joba’s addition was rescinded given how unlucky the poor bastard was and he was just trying to be a good dad.]

8. Bobby Jenks – DUI (influence mainly muscle relaxers…), amazing quote “When Deputy Sutphin asked Jenks if he had taken anything else other than the muscle relaxers, he told the officer that he “was going to be honest with you, I was just leaving Babes because I hit a car. I just had to get out of there.”

9. Delmon Young – Assault; anti-Semitism; generally just a D-to-the-nozz all around.

10. Pedro Gomez – BBWAA voter with no sense.

11. Cole Hamels – for beaning Harper for being 19 and talented.

12. Rob Dibble – because he shoulda never left this list as the inaugural douchenozzle.

yes…you are all correct out there…the guy is an A-1 doosh….I live near-byhis hometown and know quite a bit about the guy…i won’t go into any personal attacks and drag any stories about his dooshyness out there but he loves acting like a goon and is the definition of a “telephone tuffguy”…he lives in LA now and loves the Hollywood lifestyle and its another chance for him to get his old ass(he’s like 64 years old now) in the news again….he loves pro-wrestling and dearly wishes that he could have been one of those cartoon characters except he’s too soft for that line of work. Let’s put it this way…his best buddy is now Jose Canseco…nuff said! You’d love to hear the story about how he left his x-wife and married my buddies x-wife who was married at the time as was he….total wormbag…hard to believe he is still being paid by MLB Radio. The stories he stells are always about how tuff he was back in his day and how he dominated….such a jackass boys!! A real-life Kenny Powers in our midst

oh….and he always wears the sunglasses inside…went to a private party where he was there and wore all black with the sunglasses on and his motorcycle clown boots…such a poser…anyone who believes a word he says is just as much a donkey as he is

The only thing I want to do is kick Craig in his teeth. Phuck all you losers. Be prepared for this all the time when Craig decides he is the voice of reason. Btw, phuck you, try and ban me. Do you honestly think anyone that that has any amount of knowledge regarding the Internet, cannot get by a banning for this website..hahahaha